Apparatus for the fluid treatment of textile materials.



1., T. & E. BEANDWOOD.

, APPARATUS FOR THE FLUID TREATMENT OF TEXTILE MATERIALS.

APPLICATION FILED FEB- I2. 1 913.

1., T. & E.- BRANDWOOD.

APPARATUS FOR THE FLUID TREATMENT OF TEXTILE MATERIALS. APPLICATIONFILED FEB. 12. I913.

1,174,662. v I Patented Mar. 7,1916.

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BRANDWOOD, or BURY,

APPARATUS FOR THE FL UID TREATMENT OF TEXTILE? MATERIALS.

Specification of Letters l atent.

Patented Mar. 7, 1916.

Application filed February 12, 1913. Serial No. 747,963.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, JoHN BRANDWOOD, THOMAS BRANDwooD, and EDWARD BRAND-wooo, subjects of the King of Great Britain and Ireland, and residentsof Bury, in the county of Lancaster, England, have invented new anduseful Apparatus for the Fluid Treatment of Textile Materials, of whichthe followingis a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in apparatus for dyeing,bleaching, or otherwise treating with liquors, gases, or vapors, textilematerials wound upon perforated beams or'cylinders.

In carrying this invention into effect the perforated hollow beam,cylinder or the like, is placed in a suitable treating chamber with itslower end upon a seat surrounding a liquid inlet'or outlet. The'upperend of the beam has combined with it ascrew or other pressure applyingdevice by means of which suflicient pressure is applied to the upper endof the beam to maintain and additionally press the lower end upon and toits seat. This maintaining and pressure applying device may also beutilized to force a cover or cap on to the upper end of the beamto-close such end if this end is not normally closed. The pressureapplying device is capable of being moved away from its position overthe beam sothat the beam can be lifted from or loweredto its seat. Thechamber in which the treatment takes place is generally closed, but wedo not confine ourselves to working with the chamber closed, as certainprocesses can be satisfactorily carried out in an open chamber, as, for

instance, in dyeing with certain substantive colors, in certainoperations in bleaching,-

and in air exhausting the liquor remaining in the textile materials onthe beam after the conclusion of a liquid treatment process.

The apparatus and the mode of treatment will be described as beingapplied in the dyeing of warps upon beams, and from this descriptiontheir application to other treatments and to other understood. a

The accompanying drawings illustrate a form of machine designed foreffecting the simultaneous treatment of six beams according to thisinvention.

Figure 1 is a half vertical section andhalf elevation of the dyeingapparatus, various than warp beams will be accessories being also shown.Fig. 2 illus trates the apparatus of Fig. l partly in plan and partly inhorizontal section. Figs. 3 and 4: are diagrams of modified forms ofapparatus.

Referring to the drawings A. is a closed vertlcal cylindrical treatingchamber'provided with a lid or cover B which can be lifted or opened.Near to its lower end'this chamber is provided with a horizontalpartition C. This partition has six holes D through it arranged at equalangular distances apart. Each of these holes is provided with anencircling seat formed with an elastic packing ring E. On to eachpacking ringthe lower ring shaped end of a hollow perforated beam Fcomes and rests. The stat onary wall which surrounds each packing r ngmay be downwardly convergent so as seat. When the beams are in placestanding on their lower ends ontheir seats theirupper ends are held andthe beams properly secured by spoke like arms G radiating from a hub Gcapable of rotary motion around the upper end of a central pillar H inthe chamber A. With the spokes. G in the posi tion shown in Fig. 2directly above the beams, screws J passing through the spokes arescrewed down on to the upper ends of the beams to hold them in place andto securely hold their lower ends down on to their seats. If the upperends of the beams are open in the same manner as the lower ends,

such open upper ends are covered by caps K through which the screwpressure is exerted.

hen the/dyeing of the material on the beams is completed the lid of thetreating positions of Fig. 2, and the lid is then put in place again.The ends of the spokes G are prevented from springing or giving wayunderscrew pressure by sliding between plates or brackets g on the wall ofthe cylinder. 2 The central pillar H is bolted over a hole L formedcentrally in the horizontal partition C. This hole is closable by avalve M the stem M of which passes upward through the pillar H and canbe operated by a 'handle M which is removable with the lid. In ordinaryworking the valve M is closed.

5 N is a pump for forcing or drawing the dye liquor through theapparatus, N is a pipe leading from the pump to the space below thepartition C in the chamber A, N are pipes leading from the tank back tothe pump. The liquor canbe caused to flow from the pump to the interiorsof the beams, thence through the beams and the material thereon to theinterior of the chamber, and then through pipes N back to the pump, or

in the reverse direction.

An important feature in connection with the apparatus is the employmentof a reserve and regulating tank 0 into which the liquor is dischargedand in which it is stored when it is not being used in dyeing, fromwhich liquor is withdrawn when dyeing is to take place, and throughwhich liquor may pass while dyeing is taking place.

0 and O are" pipes by which the reserve and regulating tank is connectedup to the pumping system. When dyeing is to take place the liquor iswithdrawn from the tank 0 containing it and is circulated through thepump pipes N and N and the dyeing tank A and the beams therein. When thedyeing is completed the liquor is withdrawn from the chamber A and isreturned to the reserve tank 0. During the progress of the dyeing anyrequired proportion of the liquid which is circulating may pass throughthe tank 0 by giving a/suitable amount of opening to valves situated inthe pipes 0 and O When the chamber A is empty it is opened and the beamswithdrawn either 40 before or after treatment with air or the likehereinafter described.

A is an escape pipe situated at the top of the chamber. A through whichliquor may pass away and fall into the tank 0 until it is seen'thatnoair remainsin the circulating system.

P is a filter plant through which filtered liquor can be drawn into thecirculating systorn by the pump;

Q is a' closed, air chamber (or several may be used) by means of whichair under pressure or vacuum can be forced or drawn through the dyedwarps after the liquor has been removed from-the chamber A by the pumpand discharged to the tank 0.

= Q is the pipe by which the air is led into the interior of thetreating chamber A. Q is a pipe by which aircan be drawn or exhaustedthrough the chamber A and the beams. e chamber would be open for suchexhaustion or vacuum-treatment of the beams. Or instead of air othergases or vapors may be passed through.

The treatment with air or thelike may take place in a separate apparatusif demasses sired instead of inthe one where treatment with liquid hastaken place, and successive treatments of the beams with liquor may takeplace in successive chambers.

The various pipes have valves by which they are closed or openedaccording to the. uses to which they are to be put.

When the valve M is lifted and opened the chamber A canbe completelyemptied, openings h in the central pillarpermitting the necessary liquidflow.

7 Instead of formingthe chamber A with a horizontal partition to giveaspace below such partition which forms a distribution device todistribute the liquor to the various beams, such partition may bedispensed with and the seats for the beams be formed in the bottom ofthe tank, the liquor distribution being thenefiected by a separateliquor supply pipe or a separate branch of such pipe led to each seat.

Fig. 3. is a diagrammatic plan view of an open chamber for two beamswhich is not circular. With this arrangement the arms G are notangularly movable around a central part but can be lifted out ofsuitable brackets, or can be hinged at one end and locked at the other,so that when unlocked the arms can be angularly raised clear of theirbeams.

Fig. 4: is a diagrammatic view of an apparatus generally similar to thatof Fig. 3v but arranged for four beams.

The construction of beam illustrated in sectional view in Fig. 1 ispreferred. In this a thin perforated plate of the special metal requiredin dyeing or like operations is bent to form the cylindrical shell f ofthe beam F. A few of the perforations only are shown at m, but it iswell known in connection with beam dyeing that these perforations areformed close together over thewhole surface of the cylindrical shell. Atthe ends of the shell are placed thin flat rings F of the special metalto form the flanges of the beam. Each such flange is held in place andsupported by a thick rin g" F of ordinary metal such as iron or st el.

which does not come into contact with the material under treatment. Eachring F is riveted to the cylindrical shell and has it's flange rivetedor otherwise secured toit. Each ring F may be furnished with internalspokes to carry a bearing or the like I upon which the beam may bemounted for rotation. Within the cylindrical'shell are placed aconvenient number of supporting-and strengthening rings R of anysuitable metal secured to the shell in any con venient manner. All metalparts which come into contact with textile material are made of thespecial metal.

To enable its construction to be seen the beam shown in Fig. -1 has 'nowarps or other material wound upon it, but it is well understood in beamdyeing that the warps or other fibers or fabrics are wound upon thecylindrical shell and it is while so wound that a beam is placed in thetank for treatment.

What we claim is:

1. Apparatus for the fluid treatment of textile material wound upon aperforated tubular single element beam, such apparatus comprising achamber adapted to contain the beam, a fluid conduit in the lower partof said chamber, an annular horizontally disposed seat of soft elasticmaterial mounted on said conduit and in open communication therewith.said seat being adapted to receive the lower end of a verticallydisposed beam and to make a fluid tight joint therewith when a downwardpressure is applied to the beam, a screw device for exerting a downwardpressure upon the upper end of the beam to maintain the lower endthereof in fluid tight contact with said seat, a fluid inlet leading tosaid fluid conduit, and a fluid outlet from the chamber, substantiallyas described.

2. Apparatus for the fluid treatment of textile'material wound upon aperforated tubular single element beam, such apparatus comprising achamber adapted to contain the beam, a fluid conduit in the lower partof saidchamber, an annular horizontally disposed seat of 57ft elasticmaterial mounted on said conduit and in open communication therewith.said seat being adapted to receive the lower end of a verticallydisposed beam and to make a fluid tight joint therewith when a downwardpressure is applied to the beam, a screw device for closing the upperend of said beam and for exerting a downward pressure upon the upper endof the beam to maintain the lower end thereof in fluid tight contactwith said seat, a fluidv inlet leading to said fluid conduit, and afluid outlet from the chamber, substantially as described. I

3. Apparatus for the fluid treatment of textile material wound, uponperforated tubular single element beams, such apparatus comprising aclosable chamberya plurality of fluid conduits in the lower part of saidchamber, horizontally disposed annular seats mounted on said conduitsand in open communication therewith, said seats being spaced angulardistances around a common point, each. of said seats being adapted toreceive the lower end of a vertically disposed beam and to make a fluidtightjoint there-- with when downward pressure is applied to the beam, aspider having a plurality of angularly disposed horizontal armsrotatably mounted in the upper end of said chamber, a screw deyicemounted on each of said arms for exerting a downward pressure upon theupper end of a vertically disposed beam to maintain the lower end ofsaid beam in fluid tight contact with its seat, a fluid inlet leading tosaid conduits ind a fluid outlet leading from said chamers.

4:. Apparatus for the fluid treatment of textile material wound uponperforated tubular single element beams, such apparatus comprising aclosable chamber, a pluralityof fluid conduits in the lower part of saidchamber, horizontally disposed annular seats mounted on said conduitsand in open communication therewith, said seats being spaced angulardistances around a common point, each of said seats being adapted toreceive the lower end of a vertically disposed beam and to make a fluidtight joint therewith when downward pressure is applied to the beam, atspider'having a plurality of angularly 'disposed horizontal armsrotatably mounted in the upper end of said chamber, a screw devicemounted on each of said arms for closing the upper end of a beam and forexerting a downward pressure thereupon to maintain the lower end thereofin fluid tight contact with its seat,

, a fluid inlet leading to said conduits and a valve for controllingsuch communication, a plurality of arms mounted to angularly move aroundthe upper end of the pillar,

means combined with such arms for applying screw pressure to the upperends of the beams to force the lower ends of such beams down on to saidseats to make said fluid tight joints, a fluid passage opening into thespace below the partition, and a fluid passage opening into the chamberabove the partition, substantially as herein set forth.'

.6. Apparatus for the fluid treatment of textile material wound uponperforated beams, such apparatus consisting of a closable chamber, alior'izontalpartition near the bottom of the chamber, a plurality ofopenings formed through such partition, seats surrounding such openingsfor' the .lower ends of the beams, a central pillar rising from saidpartition, holes for establishing communication through thex'pillarbetween the chamber spaces .above and below the partition, a valve forcontrolling such communication, 4 a plurality. of arms mounted toangularly move around the -upper end of the pillar, means for applyingscrew pressure to the upper ends of the beams combined with such arms,

partition, a fluid passage opening into the chamber above the partition,a pump connected to such passages, a reserve and regulating tank forcontaining liquor, pipes con necting such tank with the pump pipes, agas propellingdevice, pipes connecting such gas propelling device withthe chamber, and I a fluid passage opening into the space below the1,174,eea

valves controlling the various pipes, substantially as set forth.

In witness whereof our hands in the presence of two subscribing Iwitnesses.

JOHN BRANDWOOD. THOMAS BRANDWOOD, EDWARD BRANDWOOD.

\Vitnesses WILLIAM GEo. HAYs, JOHN OCONNELL.

we have hereunto set 13

